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Question: On average, about how many people do you have contact with in a typical week day, including people you live with. We are interested in contact on a one-to-one basis, including everyone with whom you chat, talk, or discuss matters. This can be face-to-face, by telephone, by mail, or on the internet. Please include only people you know.
Choices: "0-4 persons" "5-9" "10-19" "20-49" "50 or more"
Data: % of "0-4 persons"
Period:
Area:
33 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Hungary41.5%
2 Poland33.2%
3 Latvia29.2%
4 Slovenia25.0%
5 Russian Federation23.3%
6 Finland22.6%
7 Croatia22.4%
8 Republic of Korea20.8%
9 Japan 20.2%
10 Czech Republic20.1%
11 Denmark18.9%
12 Germany18.1%
13 Israel17.6%
14 Switzerland17.5%
15 Philippines17.1%
16 United States16.3%
17 Chile16.2%
18 United Kingdom16.0%
19 Uruguay15.5%
20 Norway15.2%
21 Taiwan14.7%
22 Canada14.6%
23 France13.4%
24 South Africa13.2%
25 Spain12.8%
25 Sweden12.8%
27 Australia11.4%
28 Ireland10.9%
29 New Zealand10.8%
30 Netherlands9.7%
30 Portugal9.7%
32 Venezuela6.3%
33 Dominican Republic5.0%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 205 countries.

Source
ISSP 2006

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.584533 X +6.684
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.074
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -71471.684574 X +52726.789
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.194
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -8.964598 X +80.211
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.125
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -1.456495 X +1.942
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.256
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 21.403029 X +7.113
Correlation coefficient (r)0.314
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.099